Mao Zedong Part 2: The ‘Great Leap Forward’

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.7 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Mao Zedong's Communists come down from the mountains to do battle with the Nationalists. After clinching victory, Mao is greeted by many as a hero. But life under the new Chairman is about to get a whole lot worse. Installed as Supreme Leader, Mao sets about revolutionising the way his people live, work, and even think. His ‘Great Leap Forward’ is intended to be an economic masterplan. Instead, it will drive people across China to the wildest extremes of human behaviour. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mao was generally popular among ordinary Chinese.
0:04.7	Why? Because he led a present revolution.
0:06.9	He thrown off centuries of oppression.
0:09.0	And he said we now stood up as a people
0:11.8	and we can create our own world.
0:14.1	Huge claim.
0:15.7	Huge lift for Chinese people.
0:17.6	In living memory, they'd always been under oppression.
0:19.8	It was Mao's drive to turn China into a military superpower.
0:26.1	So he could dominate the world.
0:29.0	Even the livelihoods and schedules of ordinary people
0:33.3	now become subject to state control.
0:35.8	People who are unable to work are starved to death.
0:38.9	This includes children, pregnant women, the elderly.
0:43.0	All of them are cut off from the food supply,
0:46.2	the band from the canteen.
0:47.8	It results in an absolute disaster
0:50.1	that claims the lives of tens of millions of people.
0:54.2	My name is Paul McGann.
0:55.9	And welcome to Real Dictators.
0:58.8	The series that explores the hidden lives of tyrants
1:01.7	such as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Kim Jong-il.
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